Category Archives: canning

its been a strange and busy year. A new shed in the eastern garden to house one of the Yeti power supply units I use for the pump that is used to water that area from the water tank. plus … Continue reading →

garden was lousy this year, and my holiday presents for the neighbors usually include some preserves from the garden. This year, red onions at the farmer’s market were plentiful so for the first time, pickled onions. The tall jars are … Continue reading →

Fried egg on a biscuit. Now that I’m gluten free, my husband has to live with store bought biscuits. It happens that a large canning ring is the exact same size as a Pillsbury Grand. Grease the inside well, screw … Continue reading →

Had tried an experiment where I dehydrated some cooked brown rice to see how it would keep long term. We’re not fans of white rice here and sometimes you just don’t have time to cook the brown – for one … Continue reading →

on the left is cooked dried brown rice. Rehydrated one jar tonight for dinner, took awhile, 30-45 minutes. but was fine. Other jar will be kept in pantry for awhile to see if it goes rancid or anything. on … Continue reading →

After nearly 3 weeks, today took the fermenting lid off the sauerkraut, and it tastes, just like sauerkraut. so into the fridge it went. and for lunch, reconstituted one of the “squash leather”. Tore up it up smaller than in the … Continue reading →

Made one batch of sauerkraut awhile back and it came out great. FINALLY got around to making another and it instantly went moldy and a weird color. Thought it might have been because I used fresh (farmer’s market) cabbage, and … Continue reading →